2005.28 Syamatara

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Tara is probably the most widely wor­shipped of all the female deities in the Buddhist pantheon. She is described by the First Dalai Lama, Gyalwa Gendun Drubpa (1391–1474) as “the wisdom, loving compassion, and enlightened activities of all the buddhas arising in the form of a divinely beautiful goddess.” She appears in this 18th-century Tibetan bronze in one of her most popular iconographic forms. With one face and two arms, she sits on her lotus throne with her right leg stretched forward in lalitasana, indi­cating that she is always rising from her meditations and going forth to assist living beings.

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R. W. Clark, "Green Tara," in The Arts of India, South East Asia, and the Himalayas, Anne R. Bromberg (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), 170. 
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Tibet: TGN: 7001319
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copper (metal): AAT: 300011020
gilt: AAT: 300379350
turquoise (mineral): AAT: 300011164
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eighteenth century: AAT: 300404512
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Tibetan Buddhism: AAT: 300265647
Bodhisattva: AAT: 300264360
Buddhism: AAT: 300073738
deities: AAT: 300343850
goddess: AAT: 300343852
beauty (aesthetic concepts): AAT: 300055821
compassion: AAT: 300393159
enlightenment (religious concept): AAT: 300404722
lotus (motif): AAT: 300165258
throne (ceremonial chairs): AAT: 300038141
female: AAT: 300189557
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2005: Dallas Museum of Art, Cecil and Ida Green Acquisiton Fund, purchased from Carlton Rochell Ltd., New York [1]

[1] See Acquisition Checklist, dated April 29, 2005 in Collections Records object file.
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Tara is probably the most widely wor­shipped of all the female deities in the Buddhist pantheon. She is described by the First Dalai Lama, Gyalwa Gendun Drubpa (1391–1474) as “the wisdom, loving compassion, and enlightened activities of all the buddhas arising in the form of a divinely beautiful goddess.” She appears in this 18th-century Tibetan bronze in one of her most popular iconographic forms. With one face and two arms, she sits on her lotus throne with her right leg stretched forward in lalitasana, indi­cating that she is always rising from her meditations and going forth to assist living beings.

Excerpt from
R. W. Clark, "Green Tara," in The Arts of India, South East Asia, and the Himalayas, Anne R. Bromberg (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), 170. 
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
 
Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography 
Tibet: TGN: 7001319
Process/materials
copper (metal): AAT: 300011020
gilt: AAT: 300379350
turquoise (mineral): AAT: 300011164
Historical periods
eighteenth century: AAT: 300404512
Individuals
Subject terms
Tibetan Buddhism: AAT: 300265647
Bodhisattva: AAT: 300264360
Buddhism: AAT: 300073738
deities: AAT: 300343850
goddess: AAT: 300343852
beauty (aesthetic concepts): AAT: 300055821
compassion: AAT: 300393159
enlightenment (religious concept): AAT: 300404722
lotus (motif): AAT: 300165258
throne (ceremonial chairs): AAT: 300038141
female: AAT: 300189557
RELATED OBJECTS 
PROVENANCE 
2005: Dallas Museum of Art, Cecil and Ida Green Acquisiton Fund, purchased from Carlton Rochell Ltd., New York [1]

[1] See Acquisition Checklist, dated April 29, 2005 in Collections Records object file.
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enlightenment (religious concept): AAT: 300404722
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Bodhisattva: AAT: 300264360
compassion: AAT: 300393159
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Tibet: TGN: 7001319
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throne (ceremonial chairs): AAT: 300038141
turquoise (mineral): AAT: 300011164
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